Simply click on name of the country you're looking for and see how its teams played against Finnish teams.
Note: Countries and their representing teams are listed in chronicle order of their first encounter with Finnish teams.

Albania, Andorra, Armenia (from 1994/95), Austria, Azerbaijan (from 1994/95), Belarus (from 1993/94), Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina (from 1998/99), Bulgaria, Croatia (from 1993/94), Cyprus, Czechoslovakia (Champions’ Cup and UEFA-Cup until 1993/94, Cup Winners Cup until 1992/93), Czech Republic (Champions’ Cup and UEFA-Cup from 1994/95, Cup Winners Cup from 1993/94), Denmark, England, Estonia (from 1992/93), Faroe_Islands, France, FRG (until 1991/92), GDR (until 1991/92), Georgia (from 1993/94), Germany (from 1992/93), Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Latvia (from 1992/93), Liechtenstein, Lithuania (from 1992/93), Luxembourg, FYR Macedonia (from 1994/95), Malta, Moldova (from 1993/94), Netherlands, Northern_Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic_of_Ireland, Romania, Russia (from 1992/93), Saarland, San Marino, Scotland, Slovakia (Champions’ Cup and UEFA-Cup from 1994/95, Cup Winners Cup from 1993/94), Slovenia (from 1992/93), Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine (from 1992/93), USSR (until 1991/92), Wales, Yugoslavia (until 1991/92), FR_Yugoslavia (from 1995/96)

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France

Stade Reims
  -Palloseura Helsinki    Champions' Cup          1/8 Final 1959/60                 4:0,3:0
1
1 2nd leg played in Rouen

AS St.Etienne
  -Palloseura Kuopio      Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1967/68         2:0,3:0
  -Palloseura Kuopio      UEFA Cup                1st Round 1980/81                 7:0,7:0

Olympique Lyon
  -Reipas Lahti           Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1973/74         0:0,2:0
  -HJK Helsinki           UEFA Cup                Preliminary Round 1999/2000       1:0,5:1

SEC Bastia
  -TP Kotka               Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1981/82         0:0,5:0

Olympique Marseille
  -Rovaniemi PS           Cup Winners Cup         1/4 Final 1987/88                 1:0,3:0
1
1 1st leg played in Lecce

Paris St.Germain
  -Kuusysi Lahti          UEFA Cup                1st Round 1989/90                 0:0,3:2

AJ Auxerre
  -Rovaniemi PS           UEFA Cup                2nd Round 1989/90                 5:0,3:0

FC Metz
  -HJK Helsinki           Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1998/99         0:1,1:1
1
1 FC Metz placed in UEFA Cup

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Sweden

IFK Malmö
  -IFK Helsinki           Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1960/61         3:1,2:1

Åtvidaberg FF
  -HJK Helsinki           Champions' Cup          1/8 Final 1974/75                 3:0,1:0

Malmö FF
  -Reipas Lahti           Cup Winners Cup         1/8 Final 1974/75                 3:1,0:0
  -Palloseura Kuopio      UEFA Cup                1st Round 1979/80                 2:1,2:0

Östers Växjö
  -Palloseura Kuopio      UEFA Cup                1st Round 1976/77                 3:2,2:0

IFK Göteborg
  -Haka Valkeakoski       UEFA Cup                1st Round 1981/82                 3:2,4:0

Hammarby IF
  -Haka Valkeakoski       Cup Winners Cup         1/8 Final 1983/84                 1:1,1:2 aet

Helsingborgs IF
  -MyPa Anjalankoski      UEFA Cup                Qualification 2001/02             3:1,2:1

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Belgium

Standard Liege
  -Haka Valkeakoski       Champions' Cup          1/8 Final 1961/62                 5:1,2:0

RSC Anderlecht
  -Haka Valkeakoski       Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1966/67         10:1,2:0
  -Palloseura Kuopio      UEFA Cup                1st Round 1982/83                 3:0,3:1
  -HJK Helsinki           Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1993/94         3:0,3:0

FC Brugge
  -Palloseura Kuopio      Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1977/78         4:0,5:2

KSV Waregem
  -Kuusysi Lahti          UEFA Cup                1st Round 1993/94                 0:4,1:2

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Austria

Austria Wien
  -IFK Helsinki           Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1962/63         5:3,2:0

Sturm Graz
  -Ilves Issat            Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  1st Round 1970/71                 2:4,3:0

Admira/Wacker Wien
  -Turku PS               UEFA Cup                1st Round 1987/88                 1:0,0:2

Vienna Wien
  -Turku PS               UEFA Cup                2nd Round 1988/89                 2:1,0:1
1
1 Turku PS won because of away goals rule

FC Tirol
  -Kuusysi Lahti          Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1990/91         5:0,2:1

Grazer AK
  -VPS Vaasa              UEFA Cup                Preliminary Round 1998/99         0:0,3:0

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Luxembourg

Jeunesse d’Esch
  -Haka Valkeakoski       Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1963/64         1:4,4:0

Aris Bonnevoie
  -Reipas Lahti           Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1979/80         1:0,1:0

CS Grevenmacher
  -HJK Helsinki           UEFA Cup                Qualification 2000/01             1:4,2:0

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Czechoslovakia (Champions’ Cup and UEFA Cup until 1993/94, Cup Winners Cup until 1992/93, see also Czech Republic and Slovakia)

Slovan Bratislava (now Slovakia)
  -Palloseura Helsinki    Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1963/64         4:1,8:1

Spartak Trnava (now Slovakia)
  -Reipas Lahti           Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1968/69         9:1,7:1
1
1 1st leg played in Wien

Inter Bratislava (now Slovakia)
  -Kuusysi Lahti          Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1984/85         2:1,0:0

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Norway

Lyn Oslo
  -Reipas Lahti           Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1964/65         1:2,3:0

Skeid Oslo
  -Haka Valkeakoski       Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1964/65         1:0,0:2

Rosenborg Trondheim
  -IFK Helsinki           UEFA Cup                1st Round 1971/72                 3:0,1:0

Viking Stavanger
  -Tampere PV             UEFA Cup                Qualification 1995/96             4:0,3:1

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Italy

AC Torino
  -Haka Valkeakoski       Cup Winners Cup         1/8 Final 1964/65                 1:0,5:0

Juventus Torino
  -Haka Valkeakoski       Cup Winners Cup         1/4 Final 1983/84                 1:0,1:0
1
  -Ilves Tampere          Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1984/85         4:0,2:1
1 1st leg played in Straßbourg

Internazionale Milano
  -Turku PS               UEFA Cup                2nd Round 1987/88                 0:1,2:0

AC Milano
  -HJK Helsinki           Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1989/90         4:0,1:0

AS Roma
  -Ilves Tampere          Cup Winners Cup         1/8 Final 1991/92                 1:1,5:2

AC Parma
  -HJK Helsinki           UEFA Cup                1st Round 2001/02                 ? , ?

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England

Manchester United
  -HJK Helsinki           Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1965/66         3:2,6:0

West Ham United
  -Reipas Lahti           Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1975/76         2:2,3:0

FC Liverpool
  -Palloseura Oulo        Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1980/81         1:1,10:1
  -Palloseura Oulo        Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1981/82         1:0,7:0
  -HJK Helsinki           Champions' Cup          1/8 Final 1982/83                 0:1,5:0
  -Kuusysi Lahti          UEFA Cup                1st Round 1991/92                 6:1,0:1
  -MyPa Anjalankoski      Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1996/97         1:0,3:1
  -Haka Valkeakoski       Champions' League       Qualification 3rd Round 2001/02   5:0,4:1
1
1 Haka Valkeakoski placed in UEFA Cup

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Hungary

Honved Budapest
  -Reipas Lahti           Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1965/66         10:2,6:0

Ferencvaros Budapest
  -Haka Valkeakoski       Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1989/90         5:1,1:1

MTK Budapest
  -Jokerit Helsinki       UEFA Cup                Qualification 2000/01             1:0,4:2

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Switzerland

Servette Geneve
  -Kamraterna Turku       Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1966/67         1:1,2:1

Grasshoppers Zürich
  -Reipas Lahti           Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1971/72         1:1,8:0

FC Zürich
  -Palloseura Kuopio      Champions' Cup          1/8 Final 1976/77                 2:0,1:0

Xamax Neuchátel
  -Kuusysi Lahti          Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1987/88         5:0,1:2

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Poland

Wisla Krakow
  -HJK Helsinki           Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1967/68         4:1,4:0

Ruch Chorzow
  -Palloseura Kuopio      Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1975/76         5:0,2:2
1
1 2nd leg played in Mikkeli

Gornik Zabrze
  -Haka Valkeakoski       UEFA Cup                1st Round 1977/78                 5:3,0:0

GKS Katowice
  -Rovaniemi PS           UEFA Cup                1st Round 1989/90                 1:1,0:1
  -Turku PS               UEFA Cup                1st Round 1990/91                 3:0,1:0

Legia Warszawa
  -Haka Valkeakoski       UEFA Cup                Preliminary Round 1996/97         3:0,1:1

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Malta

Floriana La Valetta
  -Reipas Lahti           Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1968/69         1:1,0:2

FC La Valetta
  -HJK Helsinki           Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1974/75         1:0,1:4
  -Haka Valkeakoski       Champions' League       Qualification 1st Round 2001/02   0:0,0:5

Sliema Wanderers
  -Reipas Lahti           Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1974/75         2:0,1:4
  -Turku PS               Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1976/77         2:1,0:1
1
1 1st leg played in Gzira, Turku PS won because of away goals rule

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Denmark

KB København
  -Turku PS               Champions' Cup          Qualification 1969/70             1:0,4:0

Hvidovre København
  -IFK Helsinki           UEFA Cup                1st Round 1972/73                
1
1 IFK Helsinki withdrew

B 1903 København
  -Palloseura Kuopio      UEFA Cup                1st Round 1978/79                 1:2,4:4

Esbjerg BK
  -Palloseura Kuopio      UEFA Cup                2nd Round 1978/79                 2:0,4:1

FC København
  -MP Mikkeli             UEFA Cup                1st Round 1992/93                 5:0,5:1
  -FC Jazz Pori           UEFA Cup                Qualification 1994/95             0:1,4:0

Brøndby IF København
  -Kuusysi Lahti          UEFA Cup                2nd Round 1993/94                 4:1,3:1

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Portugal

Academica Coimbra
  -Palloseura Kuopio      Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1969/70         0:0,1:0

FC Porto
  -HJK Helsinki           Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1988/89         3:0,0:2

Boavista Porto
  -MyPa Anjalankoski      UEFA Cup                1st Round 1994/95                 2:1,1:1

SL Benfica Lisboa
  -HJK Helsinki           Champions' Cup          Champions League (groups) 1998/99 0:2,2:2

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Scotland

Celtic Glasgow
  -KPV Kokkola            Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1970/71         9:0,5:0
  -Turku PS               Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1973/74         6:1,3:0
  -HJK Helsinki           UEFA Cup                Preliminary Round 2000/01         2:0,1:2 aet

Glasgow Rangers
  -Ilves Tampere          UEFA Cup                1st Round 1986/87                 4:0,0:2
  -Haka Valkeakoski       Champions League        Qualification 2nd Round 1999/2000 4:1,3:0

FC Motherwell
  -MyPa Anjalankoski      UEFA Cup                Qualification 1995/96             1:3,2:0
1
1 MyPa Anjalankoski won because of away goals rule

FC St.Johnstone
  -VPS Vaasa              UEFA Cup                Qualification 1999/2000           1:1,2:0

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Bulgaria

CSKA Sofia
  -Haka Valkeakoski       Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1970/71         9:0,2:1

Levski/Spartak Sofia
  -Reipas Lahti           Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1976/77         12:2,7:1

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Turkey

Eskisehirspor
  -MP Mikkeli             Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1971/72         0:0,4:0

Galatasaray Istanbul
  -Kuusysi Lahti          Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1982/83         2:1,1:1

Trabzonspor
  -Turku PS               Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1992/93         2:0,2:2

Besiktas Istanbul
  -HJK Helsinki           Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1994/95         2:0,1:1

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GDR (until 1991/92, see also Germany)

1.FC Magdeburg
  -Turku PS               Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1971/72         6:0,3:1
  -Rovaniemi PS           UEFA Cup                1st Round 1990/91                 0:0,1:0

FC Carl Zeiss Jena
  -MP Mikkeli             Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1972/73         6:1,2:3
  -MP Mikkeli             UEFA Cup                1st Round 1973/74                 3:0,3:0

Dynamo Dresden
  -HJK Helsinki           Cup Winners Cup         1/8 Final 1985/86                 0:1,7:2

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FRG (until 1991/92, see also Germany)

1.FC Köln
  -KPV Kokkola            UEFA Cup                1st Round 1974/75                 5:1,4:1

Hertha BSC
  -HJK Helsinki           UEFA Cup                1st Round 1975/76                 4:1,2:1

Hamburger SV
  -Reipas Lahti           Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1977/78         8:1,5:2

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USSR (until 1991/92, see also Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine)

Dinamo Kjiw (now Ukraine)
  -Haka Valkeakoski       Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1978/79         1:0,3:1
1
  -Palloseura Kuopio      Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1990/91         2:2,4:0
  -HJK Helsinki           Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1991/92         1:0,3:0
1 1st leg played in Tampere, 2nd leg played in Charkow

Spartak Moskva (now Russia)
  -HJK Helsinki           UEFA Cup                1st Round 1983/84                 2:0,5:0
  -Turku PS               UEFA Cup                1st Round 1985/86                 1:0,3:0
  -MP Mikkeli             UEFA Cup                1st Round 1991/92                 2:0,3:1

Dinamo Minsk (now Belarus)
  -HJK Helsinki           UEFA Cup                1st Round 1984/85                 4:0,6:0

Zenit Leningrad (now named Zenit St. Petersburg, Russia)
  -Kuusysi Lahti          Champions' Cup          1/8 Final 1985/86                 2:1,1:3 aet

Torpedo Moskva (now Russia)
  -Haka Valkeakoski       Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1986/87         2:2,3:1

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Netherlands

Ajax Amsterdam
  -HJK Helsinki           Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1979/80         8:1,8:1

Feyenoord Rotterdam
  -Ilves Tampere          Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1980/81         3:1,4:2
  -FC Jazz Pori           Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1997/98         6:2,2:1
1
1 FC Jazz Pori placed in UEFA Cup

PSV Eindhoven
  -MyPa Anjalankoski      UEFA Cup                1st Round 1995/96                 1:1,7:1
  -HJK Helsinki           Champions' Cup          Champions League (groups) 1998/99 2:1,3:1

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Cyprus

Omonia Nicosia
  -HJK Helsinki           Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1982/83         2:0,0:3

Apoel Nicosia
  -HJK Helsinki           Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1986/87         1:0,2:3
1
1 Apoel Nicosia won because of away goals rule

Apollon Limassol
  -MyPa Anjalankoski      UEFA Cup                Qualification 1997/98             1:1,3:0

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Romania

Dinamo Bucuresti
  -Kuusysi Lahti          Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1983/84         1:0,3:0
  -Kuusysi Lahti          Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1988/89         3:0,3:0
  -Kuusysi Lahti          Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1992/93         0:1,2:0

Steaua Bucuresti
  -Kuusysi Lahti          Champions' Cup          1/4 Final 1985/86                 0:0,1:0

Victoria Bucuresti
  -Turku PS               UEFA Cup                1/8 Final 1988/89                 1:0,2:3
1
1 Victoria Bucuresti won because of away goals rule

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Republic of Ireland

Sligo Rovers
  -Haka Valkeakoski       Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1983/84         0:1,0:3

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Yugoslavia (until 1991/92, see also Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Slovenia, FR_Yugoslavia)

NK Sarajevo (now Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  -Kuusysi Lahti          Champions' Cup          Preliminary Round 1985/86         1:2,1:2

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Albania

Flamurtari Vlora
  -HJK Helsinki           Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1985/86         2:3,1:2

Vlaznia Shkodra
  -Rovaniemi PS           Cup Winners Cup         1/8 Final 1987/88                 0:1,0:1

Teuta Durres
  -Turku PS               Cup Winners Cup         Qualification 1995/96             0:1,3:0

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Northern Ireland

Glentoran Belfast
  -Rovaniemi PS           Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1987/88         0:0,1:1
1
1 Rovaniemi PS won because of away goals rule

FC Linfield Belfast
  -Turku PS               UEFA Cup                1st Round 1988/89                 0:0,1:1
1
  -Haka Valkeakoski       Champions League        Qualification 1st Round 2000/01   0:1,2:1 2
1 2nd leg played in Wrexham, Turku PS won because of away goals rule
2 Ilves Tampere won because of away goals rule

FC Glenavon
  -Ilves Tampere          Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1991/92         3:2,1:2
1
1 Ilves Tampere won because of away goals rule

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Estonia (from 1992/93, see also USSR)

Norma Tallinn
  -HJK Helsinki           Champions' Cup          Qualification 1993/94             1:1,0:1

Flora Tallinn
  -Haka Valkeakoski       UEFA Cup                Qualification 1996/97             2:2,0:1

Lantana Tallinn
  -FC Jazz Pori           Champions' Cup          Qualification 1997/98             0:2,0:1

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Iceland

Valur Reykjavik
  -MyPa Anjalankoski      Cup Winners Cup         Qualification 1993/94             3:1,1:0

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Faroe Islands

B71 Sandur
  -HJK Helsinki           Cup Winners Cup         Qualification 1994/95             0:5,0:2

Gotu IF
  -FC Jazz Pori           UEFA Cup                Qualification 1996/97             1:3,0:1

HB Thorshavn
  -VPS Vaasa              UEFA Cup                Qualification 1998/99             2:0,0:4
  -Haka Valkeakoski       Champions League        Qualification 1st Round 1999/2000 1:1,0:6

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Slovakia (Champions’ Cup and UEFA Cup from 1994/95, Cup Winners Cup from 1993/94, see also Czechoslovakia)

Inter Bratislava
  -MyPa Anjalankoski      UEFA Cup                Qualification 1994/95             0:3,1:0
  -Haka Valkeakoski       Champions League        Qualification 2nd Round 2000/01   0:0,1:0

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Armenia (from 1994/95, see also USSR)

Piounik Yerevan
  -HJK Helsinki           UEFA Cup                Qualification 1996/97             3:1,2:5 aet

FK Yerevan
  -HJK Helsinki           Champions' Cup          Qualification 1998/99             0:2,0:3

Shirak Giumrie
  -HJK Helsinki           UEFA Cup                Qualification 1999/2000           0:2,1:0

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Azerbaijan (from 1994/95, see also USSR)

Karabach Agdam
  -MyPa Anjalankoski      Cup Winners Cup         Qualification 1996/97             0:1,1:1 aet

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Russia (from 1992/93, see also USSR)

Dinamo Moskva
  -FC Jazz Pori           UEFA Cup                Preliminary Round 1996/97         1:1,3:1

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Ukraine (from 1992/93, see also USSR)

Tschernomorez Odessa
  -HJK Helsinki           UEFA Cup                Preliminary Round 1996/97         2:2,2:0

CSKA Kiev
  -Jokerit Helsinki       UEFA Cup                Qualification 2001/02             2:0,2:0

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FR Yugoslavia (from 1996/97, see also Yugoslavia)

Crvena Zvezda Beograd
  -HJK Helsinki           Cup Winners Cup         Qualification 1997/98             0:1,3:0

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Germany (from 1992/93, see also GDR and FRG)

TSV 1860 München
  -FC Jazz Pori           UEFA Cup                1st Round 1997/98                 1:0,6:1

1.FC Kaiserslautern
  -HJK Helsinki           Champions' Cup          Champions League (groups) 1998/99 0:0,5:2

1.FC Union Berlin
  -Haka Valkeakoski
      UEFA Cup                1st Round 2001/02                 ? , ?

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Wales

Bangor City
  -Haka Valkeakoski       Cup Winners Cup         Qualification 1998/99             0:2,0:1

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Israel

Maccabi Tel Aviv
  -FinnPa Helsinki        UEFA Cup                Qualification 1998/99             3:1,3:1

Maccabi Haifa
  -Haka Valkeakoski       Champions' League       Qualification 2nd Round 2001/02   1:0,4:0
1
1 2nd leg awarded 0:3 cause Maccabi Haifa placed an ineligible player

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Greece

Panionios Athina
  -Haka Valkeakoski       Cup Winners Cup         Preliminary Round 1998/99         2:0,3:1

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Latvia (from 1992/93, see also USSR)

FK Ventspils
  -HJK Helsinki           UEFA Cup                Qualification 2001/02             1:2,0:1

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Prepared and maintained by Karsten Dähn for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Karsten Dähn (
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Last updated: 24-Aug-01

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